Joined: 29 Sep 2004Posts: 1196Location: buried under a pile of books somewhere in Adelaide, South Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:30 am Post subject: It's a wrap!

I love wrapped food. Vietnamese Cold Rolls, filled pocket breads, enchiladas and burritos and the list goes on and on.

Last night I made a very simple version of San Choy Bau, using lettuce leaf cups, finely chopped red onion, bean sprouts and pork stir-fried with garlic, light soy sauce and oyster sauce. Put everything on the table and everyone filled their own lettuce cups. Messy to eat, but fun and easy.

you blend all this together then add enough water to make a dough (around 10cL), then knead and let rest for half hour.
You then roll it until it's really paper thin and cut ou little circles and bake in a dry pan (1 minute on each side).
It looks a bit like chapatis and you need to "wrap it up" while it's warm otherwise it turns into a crisp.

I often have wraps for lunch and enjoy them thoroughly . Fillings include pureed white beans with chopped fresh vegies, or perhaps hummus and vegies, tapenade with tomatoes. the possibilities are endless!!!_________________Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!

Wrapped foods just seem to be fun, mostly because it's something different than the food that I grew up with. I work in a New England bagel/sandwhich shop, and we do quite a few wraps that are very yummy. Sometimes you want a sandwhich but dont want all the bread that comes with a bagel or loaf.

Down the street is a burrito shop that serves very very very yummy mexican food made with fresh local ingrediants. Good stuff._________________Whiped, Beaten, Denatured: Journey of an aspiring chef. http://denatured.greenkri.com

Joined: 18 Oct 2004Posts: 1654Location: Within view of Elliot Bay, The Olympics and every ship in the Sound

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject:

fresh spring rolls filled with tofu, cilantro, thai basil and a few other things are always good. They have to have a yummy hot pepper dipping sauce._________________"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."

Judy - I made your wraps for dinner Friday night. They were so successful we are having them again next Friday. Although Michael decided to give a Tex Mex taste to his and added salsa and cheese!_________________Barbara

oh Judy...anything anything wrapped....you've brought back fond memories of the rotis I used to buy, almost 30 years ago, at the tiniest of shops at Dee Why "The Carribean Kitchen"~ oh my, those ones with the potato filling...to die for!

and my latest wrapped food...prepared in a kitchen a 2 hour drive west from Mackay ...hoooooooooooooooooootttttttttttttttt!

chapati with basmati rice flavoured with spices...cloves etc...forgotten what else I added for moisture....they were delicious...

again, anything wrapped!

our son is home for a couple of days...he will cook for us tonight, and as ever it will be scrumptious....might have to tape the Oscars....I just love the night!...I know I know ....the judging of art and all that...I know I know....the weirdness of it all...I know I said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 however, as a one night of the year...I love the glam...the dresses that, in my eyes, "work" and those that, again in my eyes, don't....oops...very off topic madame...apologies.._________________"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson

how long will it take me to get to Dallas!...I can really and truly taste the words from the screen....how I love c'nz!_________________"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson

Yum!!! Wrapped food would have to be one of the quickest, easiest, tastiest ways of having a satisfying and delicious snack.

Thank you so much for the quick wrap receipe Lee-Loreya, I am definately going to try it out. I love salad in wraps (that crunchy texture in the soft wrap) and also I adore Mexican flavours and would much rather eat them in wraps than in any other form.

My latest craving has been chicken strips marinated for a few hours in olive oil and Australian bush spices (makes me think of home...) and then pan fried in a dry pan and wrapped up with fresh crunchy salad leaves and sliced radishes. A dash of creme fraiche and a sprinkle of grated cheese makes it heavenly... I was just having difficulty in finding a wrap that I liked here in Paris. Oh, I am very hungry now.... can feel a whirl in the kitchen coming on....._________________If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.